XP/Ubuntu dual-boot

[Jane Zhang]

Hi Chris,

I just went through this process although I haven't tried using iPod
with Ubuntu yet.

The latest version of Ubuntu is 7.10 LTS (Supported to 2009). You can
download it from Ubuntu's website:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

If you are going to do dualboot, I would recommend deciding how much
space you want to allow each OS first, partition the drive and then
install windows first. Once you have windows up and running, then
install Ubuntu. Ubuntu 7.10 does a very good job of migrating windows
based files to Linux. For example, all of my music, pictures,
documents are sitting nicely in my Home Folder. Yay! For coolness
factor, you can turn on compiz in Ubuntu to make it more Mac/Vista
like. (I think it's better than Mac or Vista.)

Anyhoo, good luck with your installs, I am sure your daughter will love it!

Jane


On Nov 13, 2007 10:41 AM, Chris Aitken <chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I'm thinking of installing XP and Ubuntu as a dual-boot on my daughter's
> machine. Her birthday is less than two weeks away. I want to be able to
> have her iPod work for her. I hope Craig and Joe won't take this as an
> invitation to discontinue the iPod/gtkpod installation on my fedora 7
> computer. I'd like to keep on with that. This is just a contingency. As
> repulsive as it is to me, I hear the iPod will magically work under XP.
> It sounds like it has a better chance working under Ubuntu (than fedora
> 7) as well. I've been wanting to try a debian-based system for some
> time. I hear that Ubuntu is a nice safe place for fedora chickens like
> me to start with debian-based OSs.
>
> So, just to be clear: I'm not giving up on fedora 7 (it is on my
> production machine for our business so I can't get rid of it lightly),
> but I want to try an XP/Ubuntu dual-boot on my daughter's machine.
>
> 1. What is the latest stable version of Ubuntu and what a good site to
> get the iso from?
> 2. Is it best to install XP or Ubuntu first.
>
> Chris
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